Rachel Jump

Artist & Photogapher

Chicago, IL, USA
(b. 1991, Chicago, Illinois)

Rachel Jump is an art photographer currently based in the Chicago area. Her black and white images explore themes addressing ideas of home, belonging, memory, and absence, and have been exhibited throughout the United States. Rachel's photographs are represented by Alibi Fine Art in Chicago, IL, where she had her first major solo exhibition in November of 2015. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA PH’14), where she received the Harry Koorejian Memorial Scholarship in 2013 and the Haining Family Scholarship in 2012. Her photographs are a part of the RISD Museum Special Collections, where she was also a visiting artist in conjunction with the exhibition, America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now, in 2012. Rachel has taught at the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts and Maine Media Workshops + College and spent the last year working as a studio assistant for the photographer, Arno Rafael Minkkinen.

Work Experience

Maine Media Workshops

Teaching Assistant

June 2013 - August 2015 Maine, United States

RISD

Teaching Assistant

September 2011 - May 2014 Rhode Island, United States

Nantucket Island School Of Design And The Arts

Photography Teacher

June 2012 - August 2012 Massachusetts, United States

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Studio Assistant

September 2014 - June 2015 Andover, Massachusetts, United States

Latitude Chicago

Lab Assistant

September 2015 - Present Chicago, Illinois, United States

Aint Bad Magazine

Editorial Intern

October 2015 - Present Savannah, Georgia, United States

Education

Rhode Island School Of Design (RISD)

BFA Photography

September 2010 - Present Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Massachusetts College Of Art And Design (MassArt)

Continuing Education

January 2010 - May 2010 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Languages

English (Native),